SPOILERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFm47E-hL2g: for reference
I've watched these forums and remember a while back there were several topics concerning the Dragoon Job and the capabilities they have. With the trailer not only do we have proof of capabilities, but possibly the mechanics.
- some argued its just a title and only the Azure Dragoon is the crazy one that can jump all over the place.Â
This is now false because we see multiple dragoons jump and come down upon dragons in the trailer
 - some argued jump may be an impractical means of combat against a nimble, ground opponent.
This I agreed with until the trailer because it shows that jumps areÂ
a) almost literally lightning fast
b) Are Aether assisted as shown by the first scene and the final battle scene. They don't just leap up and come down, they ROCKET down. Â This is one of the few times where a job ability is damn close to the cinematic equivalent.Â
(also note one poor dragoon gets nommed after landing a jump on the big bad dragon. which is hilarious).
- Lore behind the new AF armor possibly hinted at (pure speculation)
perhaps Ishgard undergoes an Ul'dahn equivalent of free paladins and so the armor Derplander has is the Volunteer Dragoon armor. Either that or its was just that way to keep him unique among all the other faceless Dragoons.
This just showed up in Reddit. So yeah.
Yoshida wanted the Warrior of Light to wear the 2.0 Dragoon AF armor, but Ikumori insisted that they used the new weapon since they were going through the trouble of animating it anyway.
so thoughts? opinions? Aside from OMG SO COOL (which is what I am shouting every 30 seconds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFm47E-hL2g: for reference
I've watched these forums and remember a while back there were several topics concerning the Dragoon Job and the capabilities they have. With the trailer not only do we have proof of capabilities, but possibly the mechanics.
- some argued its just a title and only the Azure Dragoon is the crazy one that can jump all over the place.Â
This is now false because we see multiple dragoons jump and come down upon dragons in the trailer
 - some argued jump may be an impractical means of combat against a nimble, ground opponent.
This I agreed with until the trailer because it shows that jumps areÂ
a) almost literally lightning fast
b) Are Aether assisted as shown by the first scene and the final battle scene. They don't just leap up and come down, they ROCKET down. Â This is one of the few times where a job ability is damn close to the cinematic equivalent.Â
(also note one poor dragoon gets nommed after landing a jump on the big bad dragon. which is hilarious).
- Lore behind the new AF armor possibly hinted at (pure speculation)
perhaps Ishgard undergoes an Ul'dahn equivalent of free paladins and so the armor Derplander has is the Volunteer Dragoon armor. Either that or its was just that way to keep him unique among all the other faceless Dragoons.
This just showed up in Reddit. So yeah.
Yoshida wanted the Warrior of Light to wear the 2.0 Dragoon AF armor, but Ikumori insisted that they used the new weapon since they were going through the trouble of animating it anyway.
so thoughts? opinions? Aside from OMG SO COOL (which is what I am shouting every 30 seconds)
